Richard van Poelgeest (born 23 March 1966) is a Dutch retired basketball player.
Van Poelgeest started his professional career in 1984 with Elmex Leiden in the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands.
[1] Van Poelgeest played college basketball in the United States for the Nebraska Cornhuskers starting from 1986.
After, he played at a semi-professional level with Hasselt in the Belgian Second Division.
With the Netherlands national team, Van Poelgeest played at EuroBasket 1989.